Call for Submissions: 2026 Encore Gallery Exhibitions

Thursday, July 31st, 2025

All Day

Encore Gallery at The Taos Center for the Arts

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
2026 Encore Gallery Exhibitions
Deadline: October 1, 2025

Apply for the 2025-2026 Encore Gallery Exhibitions

  • Open to emerging and established artists
  • Accepted media: drawing, painting, printmaking, mixed media, photography, installation, or a combination of wall and sculptural works
  • Collaborations welcome

Please read the full submission guidelines BEFORE submitting.

Submission Process
To submit work for consideration, there are 2 options:

  1. Submit a proposal by email to Anna Forster-Smith at [email protected] that includes:
    1. Short exhibition proposal
    2. Artist statement/bio
    3. 10-15 samples/images of work (10 mb file size limit)
    4. Whether you are open to being included in a group exhibition
    5. Where you are based (city, state)
  2. Fill out this google form (uploading images of work required)

Questions? Reach out: [email protected], (575) 758-2052

Other Events Today - Sunday, December 14, 2025
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Anglada's Building Taos Cow
Youth Heartline Wishing Tree

Grant a wish for a child this holiday season with Youth Heartline’s Wishing Tree! Stop by Taos Co...

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Taos Whole Community Health
Recovery Dharma

Taos Whole Community Health is honored to open our space for the only in-person Recovery Dharma m...

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Taos Plaza
Peaceful Protest

We DISSENT! We RESIST! Every day, 9AM to 10AM, peaceful sidewalk protest by Brave Taos Patriot...

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Millicent Rogers Museum
Quilted Survivance: Susan Hudson and the Navajo Quilt Project

Exhibit Runs: November 15, 2025 - February 1, 2026 Millicent Rogers Museum is Closed on Wednesda...

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Millicent Rogers Museum
Who Am I? Quien Soy Yo? - Tony Ortega

An exhibition of original paintings by Tony Ortega Millicent Rogers Museum is Closed on Wednesda...

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Taos, NM (See description for specific location.)
Tai Chi / Qigong

LOCATION: Taos Dance Academy. 1027 Salazar Road, Taos, NM. Corner of Cañon West and Salazar. T...

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Taos Community of Love (Formerly Unity of Taos)
Light in the Darkness

A fresh, feminine, mystical perspective on the meaning of Hanukkah.  In this talk, MIRABAI STARR ...

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Hotel Willa
5th Annual Winter Makers Market

Held inside The Gallery at Hotel Willa, the market will transform the boutique, design-forward re...

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Harwood Museum of Art
Pursuit of Happiness: GI Bill in Taos

Pursuit of Happiness: Gi Bill in Taos refocuses the story of post-World War II artistic movements...

11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
DALEEE
Football Sunday!

🏈 Make DALEEE your Football HQ this season! We’ve got the Sunday Ticket and we’re showing all th...

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Stables Gallery
Taos Folk Holiday Pop Up Store

Discover an extraordinary holiday shopping event at Taos Folk’s annual Holiday Pop-Up Store, wher...

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Harwood Museum of Art
The Same Place at the Same Time: Pueblo Foodways

The exhibition is process-focused and collectively developed, documenting how these groups operat...

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Arroyo Seco Community Center
Holiday Sunday Market

Get into the holiday spirit at the Arroyo Seco Holiday Sunday Market! Sundays, November 30th thro...

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Crone & Crow
Crone Social Club

A social gathering for magical crones. Tea, snacks, and chatting amongst peers. cronecrowta...

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Bent Masonic Lodge
Unitarian Sharing Circle: Fighting Negativity

Some days it seems like we are surrounded by negativity: bad news in the news, hostile and aggres...

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Taos Art Museum at Fechin House
Masterful Expression: Nicolai Fechin’s Portraiture

The Taos Art Museum is proud to announce a special exhibition, Masterful Expression: Nicolai Fech...

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Taos Art Museum at Fechin House
Taos Art Museum Unveils Treasures from Donated Collection

The Taos Art Museum presents “Selections from the Janis and Roy Coffee Collection,” an exhibition...

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Taos Art Museum at Fechin House
Sky-Eagle Collection Native Fashion Renaissance

Taos Art Museum presents, The Native Fashion Renaissance: Art, Identity, and Heritage, in the Fec...

12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Embudo Valley Vinyards
"through a wishing well" works by Montanna Binder and Sarah Rosie Rosenthal

A duo exhibition using the mediums of stone & silver to explore the collisions between waking...

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Arroyo Seco Live Stage
Rivers & Birds Holiday Used Gear Market

Mark your calendars for Sunday, December 14th and join Rivers & Birds from 1 - 4 PM at the Ar...

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Arroyo Seco, NM (See description for specific location.)
Open Studio and Art Sale

Open studio party and sale! Along with my original pastels there will be prints, cards and magnet...

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Wildflower Playhouse
(Type)Writer

Haunted by the memory of his brother, Finn - a novelist - finds himself unable to sleep at night....

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
SOMOS Salon & Bookshop
Cartonera Bookmaking Workshop

Join for a free, hands-on cartonera book-making workshop and learn about the cultural and artisti...

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Mountain Heart Wellness Collective
Kaula Tantra Yoga

Join us every Sunday in December for Kaula (Community) Tantra Yoga. This traditional sequence bri...

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Harwood Museum of Art
Isn’t It Romantic: Holiday Season Festival Weekend

Taos Chamber Music Group is excited to continue with their Annual Holiday Season Festival Weekend...

4:00 PM
Amigos Locale
David Rose and Stardog

Join Us on A Multi-Dimensional, Magic Carpet Ride of Exploration and Spiritual Awakening Guided b...

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
The Karuna Center
Crystal Bowl Sound Bath with Jvala Moonfire

Come immerse yourself in a prayerful field of Harmonic Resonance and deeply Transformative Sound ...

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
DALEEE
Two-Step Dance Class

Every Sunday, step into the rhythm with Two-Step Sunday at DALEEE! ?? Learn the moves with Shawn,...

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sagebrush Grill & Cantina
David & Jeanie

LIVE Music at Sagebrush Cantina with David & Jeanie!

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Adobe Bar at The Taos Inn
Charley Solito

The Living Room of Taos. Live music every night. No cover!

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
DALEEE
The Rifters

Join us at DALEEE KTAOS on October 12th,  November 30th, and December 14th for the remaining  Two...

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Alley Cantina
Jazz Night with Christine Autumn

Stop in for dinner and an early set of live music with Christine Autumn, every Sunday night.